guinea

Etymology
From, the early modern name for West Africa, the coins originally being made of gold from the region, mostly from the 'Gold Coast' (modern Ghana) and used for African trade, and the guinea fowl being found there.

Noun

 * 1)  A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
 * 2)  A person of Italian descent.
 * 1)  A person of Italian descent.
 * 1)  A person of Italian descent.
 * 1)  A person of Italian descent.
 * 1)  A person of Italian descent.

Translations

 * Arabic: جُنَيْه
 * Bulgarian: гвинея
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 堅尼
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Irish: gine
 * Italian: ghinea
 * Japanese: ギニー
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gini
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: gini

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) guinea British gold coin

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  British gold coin

Etymology 2
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